Cohasset High School graduates urged to 'lace our shoes and change the world'
COHASSET – Bridget Kondrat took her classmates on a journey of the little things the Class of 2022 went through over the last four years as the senior class president opened the Cohasset High School commencement ceremony Saturday, June 4, at the South Shore Music Circus.
Despite grade point averages and test scores playing a huge role in their school experience over the past few years, Kondrat said the graduating seniors are not defined by those numbers.
"We're defined by who we choose to love and how we decide to show it," she said.
"Class of 2022, let's make a promise to talk with our parents more," she said. "Text you love them to your family members. Go get Starbucks with your friends. Take your siblings for ice cream. This is what counts."
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Superintendent of Schools Patrick Sullivan told the 100 graduating students that high school graduation is a gate to adulthood.
He said he hopes the graduates bring changes to society, especially by speaking up for justice for others.
"If there is going to be a change in the world for the better, it's going to be from you," Sullivan said.
Following the superintendent, class orator Isley Wilson said "we're currently living in a world with more hate than love."
She encouraged classmates to stay compassionate and better themselves.
She shared five steps to self-improvement: build self-love, pace yourself, know yourself, pour into others and feed into yourself.
"Let's lace our boots and change the world!" she said, sparking applause from the crowd.
Valedictorian Benjamin Ford said he learned success and failure over the past four years.
"How lucky I am to have something exciting to mess around with," he said.
Cohasset High School Class of 2022
Justin Appleby, James Appleton, Sarah Basile, Brandon Bellefontaine, Joshua Burke, Nathaniel Charron, Brendan Cingari, Stephen Crumley, Sara Cullinan, Nora Cunningham, Evelyn Dickey, Henry Dionisio, Michael Donahue, Tea Dudeck, William Duxbury, Brooke Evans, Georgia Fales, Kevin Federle, Lucas Federle, Tristan Fitzsimons, Benjamin Ford, Ellen Fox, John Fox, Justin Froio, Mia Froio, Perri Fusco, Phoebe Fusco, Nola Gallagher, Jenna Giglio, Leesil Gilbert, Madison Gould, Jacob Gowell, Gregor Guempel, Liam Heinlein, Nicholas Henry, Viola Henry, Luke Herndon, Percy Hillier, Emme Hoehn, Anthony Inferrera, Amanda Kahn, Maeve Kearney, Bridget Kondrat, Joshua Kripke, Anthony Kulturides, Joseph Kupperstein, Calliope Lanier, Amelia Lawson, Christian Lewis, Gracyn Lord, Ryan Lynch, Giacomo Lyons.
Collin Madden, Ryan Madden, Bridget Mahoney, Blake Martini, Matthew McDowall, Travis McKeen, Christina McMillin, Madeleine Miller, Will Molloy, Bryce Morrissey, Olivia Morton, Abigail Moy, Kelsey Murphy, Justine Najjar, Lucas Najjar, Lisel Nee, Connor Nicholls, Riley Nichols, Alexander Norgeot, Maeve Norton, Benjamin Novelline, Ryo Nozawa, Nikolai Olsen, Gizelle Plaisival, Atlas Purcell, Lily Reilly, Samuel Rogers, Austin Ronan, Audrey Ryan, Miranda Schmidt, George Seem, Natalie Simone, Samylle Soares, Jackson Soderberg, Jacob Squatrito, Molly Stephens, Andrey Sweet, Ekaterina Sweet, Kathryn Sweet, Peter Vitello, Lillyan Wallingford, Julia Willette, Catrin Williams, Isley Wilson, Elaine Wixted, Mack Woodgate, Kevin Wrenn, Margaret Young.
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